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17009
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
TP(30H)
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| Scientific area |
Design
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Entry requirements |
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Learning outcomes |
Acquire in-depth knowledge of the different approaches that characterize contemporary discourses on Design;
Analyze Design as an area of dialogue and disciplinary intersection with the various industries;
Critically examine how current Design is affected and conditioned by the most varied socio-political, economic, cultural, technological, (bio)ethical and/or environmental issues;
Reflect on the active role that the designer has or can have in these contexts; Diagnose the impact that political, social and technological changes have on historical and contemporary Design practices;
Assess the implications and/or possible consequences of Design as an action in the world, identifying scenarios for its strategic action;
Apply appropriate terminology when identifying, describing and analyzing key theories and concepts to express and frame informed views on the articulation of Design with complex realities.
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Syllabus |
1. Contemporary discourses on Design
2. Utopia, dystopia, and technology
3. Design, memory, and change
4. Design, activism, and sustainability
5. Design, body, and senses
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Main Bibliography |
Colomina, B. & Wigley, M. (2016), (Ed). Are we human? Notes on an archaeology of design. Lars Müller Publishers.
Dunne, A. & Raby, F. (2013). Speculative everything. The MIT Press.
Foster, H. (2003). Design and crime and other diatribes. Verso.
Fuad-Luke, A. (2009). Design activism: Beautiful strangeness for a sustainable world. Routledge.
Ihde, D. (2008). The designer fallacy and technological imagination. in Vermaas, P. et al (Ed). Philosophy and design. From engineering to architecture. Springer.
Margolin, V. (2014). Design e risco de mudança. ESAD.
Malpass, M. (2017). Critical design in context: History, theory, and practices. Bloomsbury Academic.
Scherling, L. & Derosa, A. (2014), (Ed). Ethics in design and communication. Bloomsbury.
Van Helvert, M. (2016), (Ed). The responsible object. A history of design ideology for the future. Valiz.
Wood, D. (2023). Craft is political. Bloomsbury.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
Exhibition of the programmed subjects using a set of texts and different multimedia materials. The critical discussion with the students about the analyzed themes is permanently valued and encouraged as part of xthe class structure and progression of the semester.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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